Dedicated server auto restarts

[Zousug]

Hey all,

A friend runs a dedicated server for us.. Was wondering if there is away to have the server send a message to all players x time before the server is set to restart?

[Beard]

There is a command /servermsg "Message" to send messages to the players, depending on how you set up your automatic restart script it should be possible,

[Zousug]

Originally posted by Beard:

There is a command /servermsg "Message" to send messages to the players, depending on how you set up your automatic restart script it should be possible,

how would you set it up? the auto restart they have atm is just from the web hud the host provided

[Beard]

If you are using some kind of game server service you would have to contact them if it would be even possible (if they allow running any custom scripts / commands to the console)

[Zousug]

Originally posted by Beard:

If you are using some kind of game server service you would have to contact them if it would be even possible (if they allow running any custom scripts / commands to the console)

no worries thank you :).. i was thinking that would be the case but wanted to check..

[Genebris]

Originally posted by Beard:

If you are using some kind of game server service you would have to contact them if it would be even possible (if they allow running any custom scripts / commands to the console)

I can run any scripts or commands. How can I restart the server?

[Beard]

just type "quit" in the console, then start the server again.

[Genebris]

I misunderstood the thred.
What I mean is, how can I make the server automatically restart once a day? I tried to fiddle with a bat file, but no luck.

[Beard]

You would have to use some kind of script file to do that, I am not familiar with scripts so you would have to search up some, some people already created a few.

[lRecon]

Originally posted by Genebris:

I misunderstood the thred.
What I mean is, how can I make the server automatically restart once a day? I tried to fiddle with a bat file, but no luck.

I made another .bat file with a few lines of code that restarts my server every 24 hours if this helps.

@echo off
:loop

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\ProjectZomboid\Project Zomboid Dedicated Server\StartServer64.bat"

timeout /t 86400

goto loop

[Nex]

Originally posted by Beard:

You would have to use some kind of script file to do that, I am not familiar with scripts so you would have to search up some, some people already created a few.

is it possible to detect workshop desync kicks and restart on them?

[The Dirty Mailman]

Originally posted by .exe:

Originally posted by Beard:

You would have to use some kind of script file to do that, I am not familiar with scripts so you would have to search up some, some people already created a few.

is it possible to detect workshop desync kicks and restart on them?

also wondering this. Anyone have any luck doing something similar?

[MrBananaMan]

You'd need to hash your workshop files and keep them somewhere. Then compare them to the latest run. If a hash of a file changed then restart the server,

Otherwise, restart every 8 hours like this after making a Zomboid screen (screen -R Zomboid)

55 1,9,17 * * * screen -S zomboid -p 0 -X stuff "servermsg \"----- Server Restarting in 5 Minutes -----\"^M"
0 2,10,18 * * * screen -S zomboid -p 0 -X stuff "quit^M"
1 2,10,18 * * * screen -S zomboid -p 0 -X stuff "./pzserver/start-server.sh -servername XXXXX^M"

stuff = paste and ^M sends an enter.